Hi guys/gals, new to the forum here.
I recently bought a Wii U for my kids, installed the Tiramisu and Homebrew and slacked some Wii / Wii U games on the external 32 gb USB stick - and some games also on the NAND. The storage got full really fast and now I am looking to change the USB stick to something bigger.
I have a few questions, if you could help me:
1. Is it wise to install games to the NAND or should I avoid it in general?
2. Has anything changed regarding the suggestion which external storage to use (HDD/SSD or USB sticks)? I was thinking of buying a 256gb USB stick (SanDisk/Kingston/Samsung) because it takes less space behind the Wii U, or is it still wiser to get an HDD (I was thinking of a 512gb SSD)?
3. Does the SSD need a Y-power cable, because the SSD should use less power than a normal HDD?
Thank you for your help
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UPDATE 18.2.2024.
I've bought a portable 1TB SSD (WD Passport) and the Wii U doesn't recognise it with the original cable.
After I have connected it with the Y-Cable it is recognized, and works.
The only problem now is that it takes a lot longer to instal the games with GX Loader on the SSD, than it was with the normal 32GB Usb Stick from Sandisk.
I recently bought a Wii U for my kids, installed the Tiramisu and Homebrew and slacked some Wii / Wii U games on the external 32 gb USB stick - and some games also on the NAND. The storage got full really fast and now I am looking to change the USB stick to something bigger.
I have a few questions, if you could help me:
1. Is it wise to install games to the NAND or should I avoid it in general?
2. Has anything changed regarding the suggestion which external storage to use (HDD/SSD or USB sticks)? I was thinking of buying a 256gb USB stick (SanDisk/Kingston/Samsung) because it takes less space behind the Wii U, or is it still wiser to get an HDD (I was thinking of a 512gb SSD)?
3. Does the SSD need a Y-power cable, because the SSD should use less power than a normal HDD?
Thank you for your help
-------------------------------------------------
UPDATE 18.2.2024.
I've bought a portable 1TB SSD (WD Passport) and the Wii U doesn't recognise it with the original cable.
After I have connected it with the Y-Cable it is recognized, and works.
The only problem now is that it takes a lot longer to instal the games with GX Loader on the SSD, than it was with the normal 32GB Usb Stick from Sandisk.
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